Coffee lovers have no place in a paranoid society?

What’s more, the female respondents are loud and clear on the point that men do not need to be madly in love to send a woman a spontaneous gift of flowers — any form of fondness, including friendship and fraternal, is appropriate.”

I think the need for mentioning the sentence I quoted aboveÂ represents a small indication of a bigger problem.Â While in a discussion withÂ some friends, I was told that society in general considers

“Wanna go for coffee?”

as a pick-up line.

My reaction: WHAT?!?

So if the aforementioned flower article blogger asks me to go out for coffee, or vice versa (whichÂ we did a few times in the past, though none actually pushed through), does that meanÂ she or IÂ wants something else to happen between us?

Stupid, diba?Â I’m a coffee lover, she’s a coffee lover.Â Heck, millions of Filipinos are coffee lovers.Â So where does that leave people like us when the most straightforward way of expressing one’s intent to enjoy a steaming cup of brew at the nearest Starbucks with a friendÂ is regarded as something that carries a deeper (and to some, more sinister) meaning?

I think today’s society has adapted a more profound and, mightÂ I add, totally unnecessary sense of paranoia.Â And that’s a very bad thing.